May 20th daily rides

[Grog]

I'm off to a club ride in a few minutes... I'd like to ride about 60 km to get to 1800 km since January 1st. It's a bit chilly and cloudy today so I won't go for a full hundred... or maybe, who knows, depending on what the other chicks do... (I ride with a women's club called the Dizzy Chicks.)

Done. Actually did 89, just to pass Aggie_Ama who was 80 km ahead of me on BikeJournal...

So I'm 16th ... for now.

Great ride, lots of wind, and a girl got a piece of metal go through her tire, tube, AND RIM. Impressive. I was happy that didn't go into her skin.

I am getting tired of riding always the same routes though, I'm looking forward to when my partner finishes his exams so we can put the bikes in the car and go ride elsewhere... *sigh*

[Popoki_Nui]

Thanks!
If it still hasn't rained, you could try to slip in a quick ride and beat the rain. You could make it a race against the rain Or - you could curl up with a nice book and cup of hot tea or coffee and enjoy some quiet time???

Actually, I did a bit of both! I finished rebuilding the worn Nuovo Record derailleurs and installed them back on my Gitane TdF. When I had done that, the sun came out! (so much for weather forecasts!). So I took my beloved "Geri" out for a 15km test ride to make sure the derailleurs were working properly again, and spent the balance of the afternoon in the sun reading "Tour De France, The Illustrated History" by Marguerite Lazelle. Pretty much a bike day all around
~S.

[Fredwina]

Will the title get me in the enrigsh thread?
I'm supposed to do a century with 8,000 feet of climbing in 3 weeks. we started at 2600 feet and wound up at 8400 30 miles later. This was the back side of the worst climb of the ride And the "need for speed" folks waiting Miss Hill Slug to slog up it in 4 1/2 hours! and they actually didn't seem to mind! Coming down was fun. not! in between a 750 ascent halfway down, Hairpin turns, crazy drivers with large boats, and high winds on Mavic Ksyriums, it was a 'eyes wide open' ride.
It was the most climbing I've ever done in a day. The strangest thing was that my water bottle alomst fell out about 2 miles from the finish. I use a Camelbak, and carry Cytomax in a bottle. I last drank from it at the summit, and the descent had changed the air pressure enough that the bottle was loose in the cage.
I'm supposed to lead the beginner ride tommorrow. Hopefully, less climbing

[J-hawk biker]

I also set a personal best for distance, did 20 miles. Saw the back side of a deer I spooked and lots of cows! Training for a twenty mile rile on the 4th of July, so it looks like I can make it. Now, I can work on getting faster.

[Tater]

Yes, I am posting yesterday's ride today! I did a metric century in Boise for the Treasure Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. Very organized, water stops every ten miles, SAG wagons that drove the route checking on every rider several times during the ride and good choice of grub at the finish. Had a beautiful ride, despite bad thunderstorms the night before, but thankfully the morning was clear and nice. Next long ride: LRRH in Logan!!

[maillotpois]

See "Davis Double Drivel" in the Adventure thread for a recap of 2 TE'ers weekend rides...